Given the increasing urgency to step up decarbonisation efforts in the logistics sector, European shippers and freight forwarders are committed to logistics emissions footprinting and reduction. ESC and CLECAT stand for a universal methodology to calculate emissions from logistics operations, provided by the GLEC Framework, and support upgrading it into an ISO standard. However, this should remain a voluntary initiative led by the industry.

CLECAT and ESC actively contributed to the LEARN project on logistics emissions accounting, which kicked off in October 2016 and finished in March 2019. The objective of the LEARN project was to mobilise companies to measure and report on the carbon footprint of their logistics supply chains in a transparent way, with a view to influence meaningful emissions reduction actions.

Although the LEARN project on logistics emissions accounting has come to an end, ESC and CLECAT will continue advocating for the universal adoption and implementation of the GLEC Framework, as well as the upgrade of the GLEC Framework into an ISO standard and the alignment with the EN16258 standard. Furthermore, ESC and CLECAT will promote incentivising policy action at different levels of governance, while emphasising that carbon accounting and reduction should remain a voluntary initiative led by the industry.